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As Mother Teresa is made a saint, what does it take to be approved?https://www.theguardian.com/news/datablog/2015/dec/19/mother-teresa-saint-approval
<p>The rules on sainthood have changed in recent decades, and the condition is becoming more common as a result</p><ul><li><a href="http://www.theguardian.com/news/2015/dec/18/mother-teresa-to-become-saint-after-pope-recognises-miracle-report">Pope Francis announces Mother Teresa will become a saint</a></li><li><a href="http://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2015/dec/07/yeezus-wept-kim-kanye-second-child-saint">How many Americans have the first name ‘Saint’?</a></li></ul><p>The Vatican <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/news/2015/dec/18/mother-teresa-to-become-saint-after-pope-recognises-miracle-report">announced</a> on Friday that the late nun known as Mother Teresa is to become a saint. She will not be the first Saint Teresa, being preceded by <a href="http://www.catholic.org/saints/saint.php?saint_id=208">Saint Teresa of Avila</a> (1515-1582) and <a href="http://www.catholic.org/saints/saint.php?saint_id=2173">Saint Teresa de los Andes</a> (1900-1920).</p><p> <span>Related: </span><a href="http://www.theguardian.com/news/2015/dec/18/mother-teresa-to-become-saint-after-pope-recognises-miracle-report">Mother Teresa to become saint after pope recognises 'miracle'</a> </p><p> <span>Related: </span><a href="http://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2015/dec/07/yeezus-wept-kim-kanye-second-child-saint">Yeezus wept: Kim and Kanye's second child joins the ranks of American Saints</a> </p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/news/datablog/2015/dec/19/mother-teresa-saint-approval">Continue reading...</a>Mother TeresaWorld newsCatholicismChristianityReligionSat, 19 Dec 2015 14:44:57 GMThttp://www.theguardian.com/news/datablog/2015/dec/19/mother-teresa-saint-approvalPhotograph: AFP/Getty ImagesPhotograph: AFP/Getty ImagesMona Chalabi2015-12-19T14:44:57ZHow big is the impact of Catholicism on public life in the US?https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/datablog/2015/sep/22/impact-of-catholicism-america
<p>About 45% of Americans have a meaningful connection to Catholicism, surveys suggest, even if many of those people are not practising Catholics</p><ul><li><a href="http://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/sep/21/have-you-met-a-pope-share-your-photos-videos-and-stories">Have you met the pope? Share your experiences</a></li></ul><p>Fifty-one million. That was roughly the number of Catholics in the US last year, according to a <a href="http://www.pewforum.org/2015/05/12/americas-changing-religious-landscape/">mass survey by Pew suggesting one in five Americans was a member of the Catholic church</a>.</p><p>This makes Catholicism the second most popular religion in the US after evangelical protestantism. And the US is home to about 4% of the world’s Catholic population.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/datablog/2015/sep/22/impact-of-catholicism-america">Continue reading...</a>US newsCatholicismHealthChristianityReligionLGBT rightsContraception and family planningMarriagePope FrancisTue, 22 Sep 2015 10:00:12 GMThttp://www.theguardian.com/us-news/datablog/2015/sep/22/impact-of-catholicism-americaPhotograph: David Goldman/APPhotograph: David Goldman/APGeorge Arnett2015-09-22T10:00:12ZAustralians think Muslim population is nine times greater than it really ishttps://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/datablog/2014/oct/30/australians-think-muslim-population-nine-times-greater
<p>International Ipsos Mori poll shows Australians are also wildly wrong in their estimations on teen pregnancy, immigrants and unemployment</p><p>• How well do you know Australia? <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/news/datablog/quiz/2014/oct/30/quiz-how-well-do-you-know-australia">Take the quiz</a></p><p>Australians believe the proportion of Muslims in the country is nine times higher than it really is, according to a new international survey comparing public perceptions with actual data.</p><p>The Ipsos Mori poll conducted across 14 countries also showed Australians are wildly wrong in their estimations of the number of pregnant teenagers, unemployed people, immigrants and Christians in the country.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/datablog/2014/oct/30/australians-think-muslim-population-nine-times-greater">Continue reading...</a>Australia newsIslamChristianityReligionAustralian immigration and asylumThu, 30 Oct 2014 02:47:05 GMThttp://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/datablog/2014/oct/30/australians-think-muslim-population-nine-times-greaterPhotograph: Michele Mossop/Getty ImagesPhotograph: Michele Mossop/Getty ImagesMichael Safi2014-10-30T02:47:05ZHoly infographics: the bible visualisedhttps://www.theguardian.com/news/datablog/gallery/2013/sep/05/holy-infographics-bible-visualised
'God is in the detail' - the expression may have been overshadowed by the newer 'the devil is in the detail' but for some people the original idiom still holds true. Scholars have been visualising the holy texts for years but recently, they've taken a turn towards data. Here are some of the most interesting biblical visualisations we've found <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/news/datablog/gallery/2013/sep/05/holy-infographics-bible-visualised">Continue reading...</a>The BibleReligionWorld newsArt and designReligionBooksCultureChristianityThu, 05 Sep 2013 12:24:00 GMThttp://www.theguardian.com/news/datablog/gallery/2013/sep/05/holy-infographics-bible-visualisedPhotograph: Hulton Archive/Getty Images'The Translators Presenting Bible To James I' by George E Kruger. Around the time that King James I commissioned a new Bible translation, many ordinary people were far from reverent. Photograph: Hulton Archive/Getty ImagesPhotograph: Hulton Archive/Getty Images'The Translators Presenting Bible To James I' by George E Kruger. Around the time that King James I commissioned a new Bible translation, many ordinary people were far from reverent. Photograph: Hulton Archive/Getty ImagesMona Chalabi2013-09-05T12:24:00ZUK Census: religion by age, ethnicity and country of birthhttps://www.theguardian.com/news/datablog/2013/may/16/uk-census-religion-age-ethnicity-country-of-birth
Muslims are the most ethnically diverse, Christians the oldest and Hindus are the most likely not to be born in the UK. Here is what the latest 2011 census data tells us<br />• <a href="#data">Get the data</a><br />• <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/data">More data journalism and data visualisations from the Guardian</a><br /><a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/news/datablog/2013/may/16/half-immigrants-have-uk-passports-census">• More on UK census: <strong>immigrants</strong></a><br /><a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/news/datablog/2013/may/16/uk-census-impact-unpaid-care-health-economics">• More on UK census: <strong>unpaid carers</strong></a><p>Christianity has had a boost from people born overseas, nearly half of Muslims in England and Wales are under 25 and Hindus are the least likely of all the religious groups to be born in the UK according to the latest 2011 Census data <a href="http://www.ons.gov.uk/ons/rel/census/2011-census/detailed-characteristics-for-local-authorities-in-england-and-wales/rpt---religion.html#tab-conclusions">release by the Office for National Statistics (ONS)</a>. </p><p>Christianity, which <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/news/datablog/2012/dec/11/census-2011-religion-race-education">previous 2011 census data</a> tells us is still the largest religious group in England and Wales with 33.2m people, has the oldest age profile of all the main religious groups. </p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/news/datablog/2013/may/16/uk-census-religion-age-ethnicity-country-of-birth">Continue reading...</a>UK newsReligionCensusSocietyChristianityBuddhismSikhismHinduismAtheismOffice for National StatisticsThu, 16 May 2013 15:29:00 GMThttp://www.theguardian.com/news/datablog/2013/may/16/uk-census-religion-age-ethnicity-country-of-birthPhotograph: Romeo Ranoco/REUTERSMuslims praying inside a mosque during the start of Ramadan - but how common a sight is this in the UK? Photograph: Romeo Ranoco/REUTERSPhotograph: Romeo Ranoco/REUTERSMuslims praying inside a mosque during the start of Ramadan - but how common a sight is this in the UK? Photograph: Romeo Ranoco/REUTERSAmi Sedghi2013-05-16T15:29:00ZNorthern Ireland census 2011: religion and identity mappedhttps://www.theguardian.com/news/datablog/2012/dec/12/northern-ireland-census-2011-religion-identity-mapped
The second release of the Northern Ireland census 2011 came out yesterday with data on identity and religion. <strong>Kathryn Torney at The Detail</strong> has created maps showing how religion breaks down by council area<br />• <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/news/datablog/interactive/2012/dec/12/northern-ireland-census-national-identities-mapped">Explore the interactive map on identity</a><br />• <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/census+news/datablog">More census data</a><br />• <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/data">More data journalism and data visualisations from the Guardian</a><p>The second release of the census 2011, released yesterday, showed some interesting figures for Northern Ireland. Religion and identity in particular were big talking points. </p><p><a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/news/datablog/2012/dec/11/2011-census-northern-ireland-religion-identity">Our coverage</a> looked at a range of the data published from health to unemployment and migration but investigative news site <a href="http://www.thedetail.tv/">The Detail</a> have broken down the religion figures further by <a href="http://www.thedetail.tv/issues/155/census-data/the-northern-ireland-census-religion-and-identity-mapped">mapping them by council area</a>.</p><p><iframe src="https://batchgeo.com/map/6f1459e0530f9bcd68258ac6e84b8394" frameborder="0" width="460" height="550" style="border:1px solid #aaa;border-radius:10px;"></iframe></p><p><small>View <a href="https://batchgeo.com/map/6f1459e0530f9bcd68258ac6e84b8394">NI Census: Stated Religion</a> in a full screen map</small></p><p><iframe src="https://batchgeo.com/map/71840fb338edd885ea0799a52a69eb79" frameborder="0" width="460" height="550" style="border:1px solid #aaa;border-radius:10px;"></iframe></p><p><small>View <a href="https://batchgeo.com/map/71840fb338edd885ea0799a52a69eb79">NI Census: Religion/religion brought up in</a> in a full screen map</small></p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/news/datablog/2012/dec/12/northern-ireland-census-2011-religion-identity-mapped">Continue reading...</a>UK newsNorthern IrelandCensusSocietyReligionCatholicismChristianityMapsWed, 12 Dec 2012 16:36:00 GMThttp://www.theguardian.com/news/datablog/2012/dec/12/northern-ireland-census-2011-religion-identity-mappedPhotograph: guardian.co.ukNational identity mapped for Northern Ireland. Click <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/news/datablog/interactive/2012/dec/12/northern-ireland-census-national-identities-mapped">here</a> to explore the interactive mapPhotograph: guardian.co.ukNational identity mapped for Northern Ireland. Click <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/news/datablog/interactive/2012/dec/12/northern-ireland-census-national-identities-mapped">here</a> to explore the interactive mapAmi Sedghi2012-12-12T16:36:00ZCensus 2011: Northern Irelandhttps://www.theguardian.com/news/datablog/2012/dec/11/2011-census-northern-ireland-religion-identity
The second release of the 2011 census is out today. Here's what the Northern Ireland data shows<br /><a href="#population">Population</a> | <a href="#households">Households</a> | <a href="#ethnicity, identity and language">Ethnicity, identity and language</a> | <a href="#religion">Religion</a> | <a href="#health">Health</a> | <a href="#labour market and qualifications">Labour market and qualifications</a> | <a href="#migration">Migration</a> |<br />• <a href="#data">Download the data</a><br />• <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/news/datablog/interactive/2012/dec/12/northern-ireland-census-national-identities-mapped">Explore the interactive identity map </a><br />• <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/data">More data journalism and data visualisations from the Guardian</a><p>How has Northern Ireland changed in the last decade? Further census 2011 results, <a href="http://www.nisra.gov.uk/Census/2011_results_key_statistics.html">released today by the Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency</a>, give us a detailed insight. From identity to health and housing here are the key figures.</p><p>Northern Ireland's census data is collected and published separately to both England &amp; Wales and Scotland. As editor of the Datablog, <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/profile/simonrogers">Simon Rogers</a> has stated in his <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/news/datablog/2012/dec/11/census-2011-religion-race-education">post earlier today</a>: </p><p>Anyone who is wondering why each nation bothers to record the data separately, should check out <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/news/datablog/2012/oct/09/devolution-national-statistics-data">this post on how devolution is killing national data in the UK</a>.</p><p>• 40% of usual residents had a British only national identity<br>• 25% had Irish only national identity<br>• 21% had Northern Irish only national identity</p><p>• 48% of people included British as a national identity<br>• 29% included Northern Irish as a national identity<br>• 28 % included Irish as a national identity</p><p><br>The highest proportion of those born in the new EU states of eastern Europe are based in the Dungannon area, where they make up nearly 7% of the populace.</p><p>English was not the main language for 3.1% (54,500) of residents aged three years and over, almost one quarter of whom (24%) live in the Belfast local government district. The most prevalent main language other than English is Polish at 1% (17,700 people).</p><p>• 41% Catholic<br>• 19% Presbyterian<br>• 14% Church of Ireland<br>• 5.8% other Christian or Christian-related denominations<br>• 3% Methodist<br>• 0.8% other religions and philosophies</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/news/datablog/2012/dec/11/2011-census-northern-ireland-religion-identity">Continue reading...</a>CensusNorthern IrelandSocietyReligionUnemploymentUnemployment and employment statisticsPropertyHealthCatholicismChristianityPopulationTue, 11 Dec 2012 18:00:00 GMThttp://www.theguardian.com/news/datablog/2012/dec/11/2011-census-northern-ireland-religion-identityPhotograph: AlamyNorthern Ireland's census 2011 results out today show that 59% hold a UK passport whilst 21% hold an Ireland passport.Photograph: AlamyNorthern Ireland's census 2011 results out today show that 59% hold a UK passport whilst 21% hold an Ireland passport.Ami Sedghi2012-12-11T18:00:00ZCensus data released – Tuesday 11 Decemberhttps://www.theguardian.com/uk/blog/2012/dec/11/census-data-released-live-coverage
• Christians down 13 percentage points to 59%<br />• Respondents with no religion up 10 points to 25%<br />• White ethnic group down five points to 86%<br />• Whites in London 59.8%<br />• One in three Londoners born in foreign country<br />• Muslim population up from 3% to 4.8%<br />• Renters up, mortgage-holders down<br />• <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/blog/2012/dec/11/census-data-released-live-coverage#block-50c71da495cbcfe457e3dbef">Click here for key points</a><br />• Read more: <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2012/dec/11/census-one-in-eight-born-abroad">One in eight in England and Wales born abroad</a><br />• <a href="http://www.ons.gov.uk/ons/rel/census/2011-census/key-statistics-for-local-authorities-in-england-and-wales/stb-2011-census-key-statistics-for-england-and-wales.html#tab---Ethnic-group">Read the census report (pdf)</a><p class="block-time published-time"> <time datetime="2012-12-11T17:57:22.750Z">5.57pm <span class="timezone">GMT</span></time> </p><p>This could be the last census ever, so, to end the day, <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/datablog/interactive/2012/dec/11/census-top-ten-charts-jedi-poland-degree">here are our top ten charts of top tens to come out of the census this release</a>.</p><p class="block-time published-time"> <time datetime="2012-12-11T16:57:38.019Z">4.57pm <span class="timezone">GMT</span></time> </p><p>To recap, here are the key points from today's release of data from the 2011 census for England and Wales:</p><p class="block-time published-time"> <time datetime="2012-12-11T16:53:08.299Z">4.53pm <span class="timezone">GMT</span></time> </p><p>Here is a chart showing how our economy breaks down:</p><p class="block-time published-time"> <time datetime="2012-12-11T16:45:47.398Z">4.45pm <span class="timezone">GMT</span></time> </p><p>The Office of National Statistics' insistence on collecting data about foreign-born and UK-born residents rather than defining people by their citizenship or nationality leads to an extreme view of how “British” the residents of this country are, writes <strong>Alan Travis</strong>.</p><p>It leads to strictly accurate but misleading headlines saying ‘one in eight born abroad’ or ‘7.5 million born abroad’. They are misleading because many readers will simply read ‘born abroad’ as ‘foreigners' when the vast majority are actually British citizens.</p><p>This is because the arbitrary choice by ONS of ‘born abroad’ means that anyone who has been in Britain longer than 12 months becomes officially counted as a ‘foreigner’ until the day they die. It is statistical category that simply doesn’t allow people to become British.</p><p class="block-time published-time"> <time datetime="2012-12-11T16:43:53.057Z">4.43pm <span class="timezone">GMT</span></time> </p><p>The census also reveals what kind of properties the English and Welsh live in.</p><p>Seventy-eight per cent live in a whole house or bungalow, while 20.5% live in a purpose-built flat or in part of a converted or shared house. A total of 1.1% live in a commercial building and 0.4% in a caravan.</p><p class="block-time published-time"> <time datetime="2012-12-11T16:23:23.430Z">4.23pm <span class="timezone">GMT</span></time> </p><p>Incidentally the figures for those identifying themselves as Cornish will not be out until a later release of data, the ONS says.</p><p class="block-time published-time"> <time datetime="2012-12-11T16:03:29.815Z">4.03pm <span class="timezone">GMT</span></time> </p><p>I just spoke to the ONS, who told me that 19% of Welsh residents aged three and over reported that they could speak Welsh.</p><p class="block-time published-time"> <time datetime="2012-12-11T15:44:55.817Z">3.44pm <span class="timezone">GMT</span></time> </p><p>The dispute over the Christianity figures between the Church of England's the Rev Arun Arora and Andrew Copson of the British Humanist Association goes on – and now Arora has dragged the Guardian into it.</p><p>@<a href="https://twitter.com/andrewcopson">andrewcopson</a> @<a href="https://twitter.com/c_of_e">c_of_e</a> @<a href="https://twitter.com/bhahumanists">bhahumanists</a> when the Guardian runs a campaign for you I think it qualifies as a free ride.</p><p>@<a href="https://twitter.com/andrewcopson">andrewcopson</a> I think Census does measure religious identity. Self-identity. And six out of ten people identify as Christian.</p><p class="block-time published-time"> <time datetime="2012-12-11T15:28:28.196Z">3.28pm <span class="timezone">GMT</span></time> </p><p>Eighty-seven per cent of the population of England and Wales were born in the UK, a decline of four points from 2001’s figure. Thirteen per cent were born outside the UK.</p><p>The percentage of foreign-born residents rose in all regions of England and Wales. London has the largest percentage of foreign-born residents: 37% (up 10 points since 2001). The north-east has the smallest proportion: 5%.</p><p>I am one of many Poles living in the UK (I don't care what the census says, there's definitely at least a million of us living here...)</p><p>This relates to<a href="http://www.ons.gov.uk/ons/rel/migration1/migration-statistics-quarterly-report/index.html"> higher levels of migration</a> seen over the last decade due in part due to the accession of 10 countries into the EU in 2004.</p><p class="block-time published-time"> <time datetime="2012-12-11T15:06:12.333Z">3.06pm <span class="timezone">GMT</span></time> </p><p>Andrew Copson of the British Humanist Association is hitting back against the Church of England's <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/blog/2012/dec/11/census-data-released-live-coverage#block-50c74330b579d49737370def">claims</a> that Britain is still a faithful country, all the atheist campaigners in Britain couldn't fill Old Trafford, and the National Secular Society has the same number of members as the British Sausage Appreciation Society. </p><p>Response from CofE: 'majority actively identifies role faith plays in their life'? They've learned nil from academic research of last 10yrs!</p><p>@<a href="https://twitter.com/pmphillips">pmphillips</a> I'm talking about the research into what the census actually measures, which shows it is cultural affiliation, not belief</p><p>Interested how @<a href="https://twitter.com/c_of_e">c_of_e</a> thinks @<a href="https://twitter.com/bhahumanists">bhahumanists</a> gets 'a free ride' in @<a href="https://twitter.com/revarun">revarun</a> 's nasty little comment. We're not ones w/ established privilege.</p><p>@<a href="https://twitter.com/markhawker">markhawker</a>We explicitly advised ppl not to do that</p><p>@<a href="https://twitter.com/markhawker">markhawker</a> largely because it provokes crowing reactions like yours from people who don't understand how the census works</p><p>@<a href="https://twitter.com/markhawker">markhawker</a> no way at all to know! In our census campaign <a href="http://t.co/1dtOLvIK" title="http://census-campaign.org.uk">census-campaign.org.uk</a> we advised ppl to just tick No Religion</p><p>@<a href="https://twitter.com/wingtipswaltz">wingtipswaltz</a> But why not donate to the BHA instead &amp;if you pop by the office any time &amp; we happen to have any sausages in, they're yours!</p><p class="block-time published-time"> <time datetime="2012-12-11T14:55:48.929Z">2.55pm <span class="timezone">GMT</span></time> </p><p>The number of foreign nationals now living in Northern Ireland has risen to 11% of the population, writes <strong>Henry McDonald</strong>, our Ireland correspodent.</p><p>The highest proportion of those born in the new EU states of eastern Europe are based in the Dungannon area, where they make up nearly 7% of the populace.</p><p>English was not the main language for 3.1% (54,500) of residents aged three years and over, almost one quarter of whom (24%) live in the Belfast local government district.</p><p class="block-time published-time"> <time datetime="2012-12-11T14:29:04.403Z">2.29pm <span class="timezone">GMT</span></time> </p><p>The Church of England is putting a positive spin on today's 13 point decline in Christians, with a press release entitled "<a href="http://www.churchofengland.org/media-centre/news/2012/12/census-2011.aspx">England remains a faithful nation</a>".</p><p>"The death of Christian England has been greatly exaggerated," says the Rev Arun Arora. "Despite a decade of nay-saying and campaigning by atheist commentators and groups, six out of ten people in England self-identify as Christians, a figure which rises to more than two-thirds when including people identifying with faith as a whole."</p><p>Doubtless, campaigning atheist organisations will attempt to minimise the significance of the majority figures for faith and Christianity. In fact, these figures draw attention to the free ride that had been given to these bodies whose total membership would barely fill half of Old Trafford. For instance there are an estimated 28,000 members of British Humanist Association - the same membership as Union of Catholic Mothers, whilst the National Secular Society has an estimated 5,000 - the same as the British Sausage Appreciation Society.</p><p>Obviously the fall in those choosing to identify themselves as Christians is a challenge. We need to look closely at the fuller figures published next year and to reflect on what these tell us. One of the reasons may well be fewer people identifying as "Cultural Christians" i.e. those who have no active involvement with churches and who may previously have identified as Christian for cultural or historical reasons. They indicate a changing pattern of religious life in which traditional or inherited identities are less taken for granted than they used to be.</p><p class="block-time published-time"> <time datetime="2012-12-11T14:09:44.190Z">2.09pm <span class="timezone">GMT</span></time> </p><p>Here's the full breakdown of ethnic groups:</p><p><strong>White British:</strong> 2001: 87.5%, 2011: <strong>80.5%</strong></p><p class="block-time published-time"> <time datetime="2012-12-11T13:34:26.027Z">1.34pm <span class="timezone">GMT</span></time> </p><p>The order of religious groups by size has not changed since 2001, when the question was introduced. Christianity is the only group to have experienced a decline (72% to 59%).</p><p>No religion is now the second largest category at 25%, up from 15% in 2001.</p><p class="block-time published-time"> <time datetime="2012-12-11T13:09:22.832Z">1.09pm <span class="timezone">GMT</span></time> </p><p>Katy Stoddard <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/theguardian/from-the-archive-blog/2012/dec/11/census-data-1911-archive">looks back at how the Manchester Guardian reported on the 1911 census</a>.</p><p>Though the population of England and Wales had grown 10.9% since the 1901 census, to 36 million, this rise was the lowest ever recorded.</p><p>The report concluded that this was due to an excess of emigration over immigration; Board of Trade statistics showed that over 500,000 more people left the country between 1901 and 1911 than entered it. Today's census reporting tells a rather different story.</p><p class="block-time published-time"> <time datetime="2012-12-11T13:04:26.516Z">1.04pm <span class="timezone">GMT</span></time> </p><p>London has the highest percentage of residents describing themselves as in very good health: 50%. The north-east has the lowest: 44%.</p><p>Wales (8%) and the north-east (7%) have the highest proportion describing themselves as in bad or very bad health. The south-east has the smallest: 4%. </p><p class="block-time published-time"> <time datetime="2012-12-11T12:43:52.515Z">12.43pm <span class="timezone">GMT</span></time> </p><p>My colleague Hannah Waldram points me to these comments from below the line:</p><p>On <strong>London</strong>:</p><p>As a white British Londoner, I don't care about immigration or nationalism. Too much harm has come from flag waving down the years. I like living and working among a variety of people and cultures. However I'll fight to the death to defend democracy and freedom of expression. I agree those who generalise about the changing nature of a country are small minded. However those who raise concerns about new incitement of religious hatred laws, and the strain on the NHS and education system have valid points. We must continue to stamp down on problems like "dishonoured" daughter punishment, female circumcision, and "exorcism" abuse, and encourage everyone to learn English.</p><p>In an era when most people can travel the globe on a few months wages, it would be hugely unrealistic, not to mention detrimental, to expect some utopian image of British mono-culture to be unchanged.</p><p>These stats demonstrate yet again that London is remarkably different to the rest of England and Wales. And getting more different over time – perhaps this will give the London based media food for thought.</p><p>I always hate the question about ethnicity. I don't want to classify myself other than Human Being, which I added to the list of options.</p><p>Wonder how many of those 59% Christians actively practice their religion, like regularly attend church, read the Bible, pray? I reckon the vast majority don't do any of the three.</p><p>With the dramatic increase in people saying they have no religion (or telling the truth as it's also known) will the Today programme either include secularists in Thought for the Day or scrap it altogether?</p><p>One of the most surprising things for me in the census was how loaded the questioning was concerning religion, liable to exaggerate the prevalence of religious belief. The question confused 'identity' with 'belief' and certainly did in no way enquire as to whether such identity corresponds to meaningful belief. A huge number of people quite lazily identify with a belief system they happen to have been born into without even fully understanding or practising it. An accurate survey of belief would likely reveal a far higher prevalence of true agnosticism or atheism than 'indicated' by the last census. Perhaps the self-interested, established church played a role in not enquiring more deeply and honestly.</p><p class="block-time published-time"> <time datetime="2012-12-11T12:33:58.135Z">12.33pm <span class="timezone">GMT</span></time> </p><p>Northern Ireland's census is <a href="http://www.nisra.gov.uk/Census.html">also out today</a>.</p><p>As the BBC <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-20673534">reports</a>, the NI census shows a drop of 5% in the Protestant population and a rise of 1% among Catholics.</p><p>One of the reasons for the decline in the Protestant population is that it is an older community with higher mortality.</p><p>In addition, almost three-fifths (59%) of people in Northern Ireland held a UK passport, just over a fifth (21%) held an Irish passport, while 19% held no passport.</p><p class="block-time published-time"> <time datetime="2012-12-11T12:15:33.879Z">12.15pm <span class="timezone">GMT</span></time> </p><p>For those asking how many people put their religion down as Jedi, the answer is 176,632, or 0.31%. In 2001 it was 0.7%. Here's the full table of all those who listed other religions on their census forms:</p><p class="block-time published-time"> <time datetime="2012-12-11T11:48:52.252Z">11.48am <span class="timezone">GMT</span></time> </p><p>Here are the key points from today's release of data from the 2011 census for England and Wales:</p><p class="block-time published-time"> <time datetime="2012-12-11T11:04:41.646Z">11.04am <span class="timezone">GMT</span></time> </p><p>Interestingly, Christianity is not down everywhere. Newham, Haringey, Brent, Boston and Lambeth have all shown increases in the Christian population.</p><p class="block-time published-time"> <time datetime="2012-12-11T10:51:21.826Z">10.51am <span class="timezone">GMT</span></time> </p><p>Dr Gemma Catney of the University of Liverpool’s geography and planning department has been in touch regarding the data on ethnically-mixed households.</p><p>Twelve per cent of households with at least two people had partners or household members of different ethnic groups in 2011, a three percentage point increase on 2001 (9%).</p><p>Growth in the number of households of mixed ethnic groups reflects integration at the most personal level, more profound even than mixing within the neighbourhood. The rise in the number of households with members of different ethnic groups, such as through mixed ethnicity marriages and other partnerships, reveals the intimate ways in which the population of England and Wales is diversifying and integrating.</p><p class="block-time published-time"> <time datetime="2012-12-11T10:45:49.161Z">10.45am <span class="timezone">GMT</span></time> </p><p>The ONS data highlights the arrival of "Generation Rent", reports <strong>Patrick Collinson</strong>.</p><p>The census figures show there has been a sharp increase in private renting, up from 9% of all households to 15% on census day.</p><p>Meanwhile, the number of households with a mortgage has dropped from 39% to 33%.</p><p>The figures show that since 2001 home ownership overall has fallen by 7%.&nbsp;In London, home ownership has fallen by 12%, and London rental levels are up 60%.</p><p class="block-time published-time"> <time datetime="2012-12-11T10:32:36.798Z">10.32am <span class="timezone">GMT</span></time> </p><p>The British Humanist Association, which led a campaign to encourage non-religious people to tick the "no religion" box on the census last year, has called the drop in Christians and rise in the non-religious "a really significant shift". The BHA's chief executive, Andrew Copson, said:</p><p>In spite of a biased question that positively encourages religious responses, to see such an increase in the non-religious and such a decrease in those reporting themselves as Christian is astounding. Of course these figures still exaggerate the number of Christians overall – the number of believing, practising Christians is much lower than this and the number of those leading their lives with no reference to religion much higher.</p><p>Religious practice, identity, belonging and belief are all in decline in this country, and non-religious identities are on the rise. It is time that public policy caught up with this mass turning away from religious identities and stopped privileging religious bodies with ever increasing numbers of state-funded religious schools and other faith-based initiatives. They are decreasingly relevant to British life and identity and governments should catch up and accept that fact.</p><p class="block-time published-time"> <time datetime="2012-12-11T10:22:33.748Z">10.22am <span class="timezone">GMT</span></time> </p><p>Here are some of the main findings so far:</p><p>• Christians down 13 percentage points to 59%.</p><p class="block-time published-time"> <time datetime="2012-12-11T10:18:16.699Z">10.18am <span class="timezone">GMT</span></time> </p><p><a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/news/datablog/interactive/2012/dec/11/census-england-wales-maps-religion">Click here to see all the data in map form</a>.</p><p class="block-time published-time"> <time datetime="2012-12-11T10:09:37.497Z">10.09am <span class="timezone">GMT</span></time> </p><p>As mentioned earlier, 81% of the population said they were in good or very good health, while the remaining 19% were in fair, bad or very bad health.</p><p>Some 18% reported having a limiting long-term illness in both 2011 and 2001. That equates to 10 million people in 2011 (9.5 million in 2001).</p><p class="block-time published-time"> <time datetime="2012-12-11T10:06:44.038Z">10.06am <span class="timezone">GMT</span></time> </p><p>Some 46.6% of respondents were married (21.1 million), down from 50.9% in 2001. Some 105,000 people (0.2%) were in civil partnerships in England and Wales. Civil partnerships were introduced in 2005. </p><p class="block-time published-time"> <time datetime="2012-12-11T10:02:42.018Z">10.02am <span class="timezone">GMT</span></time> </p><p><strong>John Burn-Mudoch</strong> adds:</p><p class="block-time published-time"> <time datetime="2012-12-11T09:59:44.621Z">9.59am <span class="timezone">GMT</span></time> </p><p>The number of people who identify themselves as being from mixed or multiple ethnic groups has risen to 1.2 million, an increase of 600,000 since 2001.</p><p>"What is your main language?" was a new question, reports Robert Booth. In 91% of households everyone spoke English. In 1% of households no adults but at at least one child spoke English and in 4% of households no one spoke English as the main language.</p><p class="block-time published-time"> <time datetime="2012-12-11T09:58:34.888Z">9.58am <span class="timezone">GMT</span></time> </p><p>The white British group accounts for 80% of the British population, compared with 87% in 2001.</p><p>The figure for the white ethnic group (ie not just white British) is 86%, a decrease of five percentage points since 2001, when it was 91%.</p><p class="block-time published-time"> <time datetime="2012-12-11T09:50:40.777Z">9.50am <span class="timezone">GMT</span></time> </p><p>Tower Hamlets in London is the least Christian area in the country, Robert Booth reports. Knowsley in Merseyside is the most Christian.</p><p>The highest proportion of people identifying themselves as having no religion is in south Wales, but on a local authority basis, Norwich and Brighton &amp; Hove are the least religious and had lower than 40% religious affiliation.</p><p class="block-time published-time"> <time datetime="2012-12-11T09:48:50.840Z">9.48am <span class="timezone">GMT</span></time> </p><p>The Muslim population was up from 1.55 million to 2.7 million, an increase of 1.15m from 2001 to 2011. Muslims now make up 5% of the population, compared with 3% in 2001.</p><p class="block-time published-time"> <time datetime="2012-12-11T09:48:09.590Z">9.48am <span class="timezone">GMT</span></time> </p><p>One in three people in London was born in a foreign country, the census found. By contrast that figure is only one in 20 for the north-east.</p><p class="block-time published-time"> <time datetime="2012-12-11T09:46:55.913Z">9.46am <span class="timezone">GMT</span></time> </p><p>Leicester had the highest proportion of people born in India at just over 11%, reports Rob Booth, followed by the London boroughs of Hounslow, Brent, Harrow and Newham. </p><p>Ealing in London had the highest proportion of Polish-born residents.</p><p class="block-time published-time"> <time datetime="2012-12-11T09:45:13.417Z">9.45am <span class="timezone">GMT</span></time> </p><p><strong>John Burn-Murdoch</strong> reports that 10% of residents said they provided unpaid care for someone&nbsp;with an illness or disability (the same percentage as in 2001). A total of 37% of these people were giving 20 or more hours care a week,&nbsp;up five percentage points on 2001.</p><p class="block-time published-time"> <time datetime="2012-12-11T09:43:46.964Z">9.43am <span class="timezone">GMT</span></time> </p><p>India, Poland and Pakistan are the top three countries foreign-born people in England and Wales come from, Robert Booth writes.</p><p class="block-time published-time"> <time datetime="2012-12-11T09:43:13.093Z">9.43am <span class="timezone">GMT</span></time> </p><p>The census shows 2 million households in England and Wales where partners or other household members are of different ethnic groups, three percentage points more than in 2001, <strong>Robert Booth</strong> reports.</p><p>Guy Goodwin, the census director at ONS said:</p><p>Today we are painting a picture of our society, where we are born, our ethnicity, our religion, our health and much much more ... The release is giving a picture of big change since 2011 and a population that is increasingly diverse. The population in 2011 is more diverse than in 2001.</p><p class="block-time published-time"> <time datetime="2012-12-11T09:41:15.847Z">9.41am <span class="timezone">GMT</span></time> </p><p>More key points:</p><p>• 13% of residents were born outside the UK (7.5 million). Just over half of these (3.8 million) arrived in the last 10 years.</p><p class="block-time published-time"> <time datetime="2012-12-11T09:38:24.167Z">9.38am <span class="timezone">GMT</span></time> </p><p>Here are some of the key points:</p><p>• The population of England and Wales on 27 March 2011 was 56.1 million. This is a 7% increase (3.7 million) from 2001, and 55% of that is due to immigration.</p><p class="block-time published-time"> <time datetime="2012-12-11T09:34:32.341Z">9.34am <span class="timezone">GMT</span></time> </p><p>The census data <a href="http://www.ons.gov.uk/ons/rel/census/2011-census/key-statistics-for-local-authorities-in-england-and-wales/index.html">has been released</a>. We'll start putting up the headlines shortly.</p><p class="block-time published-time"> <time datetime="2012-12-11T09:18:20.979Z">9.18am <span class="timezone">GMT</span></time> </p><p>It's part of the fabric of British government funding. The Department for Communities and Local Government bases its funding decisions on population estimates which are in turn based on the census. The Departments for Health and Education also base funding for new schools and hospitals on the census data. The ONS says it's also seeing an increase in community groups using census data to bolster their own funding applications by proving that a certain group is prevalent in each area - not least because the data is available finally at very local area level. The data finds its way to Europe too, where Eurostat use it for national population figures - and the EU for regional funding of development projects.</p><p>Will there ever be another census? A research project by the ONS, <a href="http://www.ons.gov.uk/ons/about-ons/what-we-do/programmes---projects/beyond-2011/background-to-beyond-2011/index.html">Beyond 2011</a>, is currently looking at whether the census is even necessary. In May 2010 Sir Michael Scholar, then chair of the UK Statistics Authority, wrote to the minister for the Cabinet Office to say that:</p><p>As a board we have been concerned about the increasing costs and difficulties of traditional census-taking. We have therefore already instructed the ONS to work urgently on the alternatives, with the intention that the 2011 census will be the last of its kind.</p><p class="block-time published-time"> <time datetime="2012-12-11T09:13:06.331Z">9.13am <span class="timezone">GMT</span></time> </p><p>The 2011 census cost an estimated £480m, or about 15 times the annual UK Statistics budget of £33m. To put that in context, it is 0.0047% of UK public spending for 2010-11.</p><p>The Commons science &amp; technology committee looked at whether the census could be replaced by existing research. It was not convinced. Its <a href="http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm201213/cmselect/cmsctech/322/32202.htm">report</a>, out in September this year, said:</p><p>Census data provides a snapshot of the whole country at a moment in time which is invaluable to historians and to detect trends in the recent past; it also allows comparisons to be made of different areas in the country more accurately. The census also provides a means to recruit to longitudinal studies which, we are convinced, are the envy of social scientists in other countries.</p><p class="block-time published-time"> <time datetime="2012-12-11T09:11:38.664Z">9.11am <span class="timezone">GMT</span></time> </p><p>Since 1801, the census has been a lightning rod for protests against the state. The suffragettes actively campaigned against it in 1911; in 1951 housewives burned ration books. <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/datablog/gallery/2012/dec/11/census-2011-pictures-suffragettes-arms-protesters">Check out our gallery of the census through the ages here</a>.</p><p>The 1911 protest certainly galvanised women across the nation into action, as <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/lifeandstyle/2011/apr/01/suffragettes-census-1911-boycott"><strong>Sonia Lambert</strong> explains</a>:</p><p>Horse-drawn caravans drew up on Wimbledon Common carrying women who were to spend the night away from home to boycott the 1911 <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/census">census</a>. With signs proclaiming "If women don't count, neither shall they be counted", the suffragettes enjoyed a picnic of roast fowl, sweetmeats and tea. The same night, Emily Wilding Davison – famous for her death on the racetrack two years later – was sustained by meat lozenges and lime juice as she hid in a broom cupboard in the Houses of Parliament.</p><p class="block-time published-time"> <time datetime="2012-12-11T09:06:15.335Z">9.06am <span class="timezone">GMT</span></time> </p><p>Good morning. Today at 9.30am the <a href="http://www.ons.gov.uk/ons/index.html">Office for National Statistics</a> is going to release its second set of findings from the 2011 census for England and Wales. If you want to find out how many of us are mixed-race, where we were born, how many of us have a job, and whether people still like Star Wars enough to put their religion down as “<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Jedi_census_phenomenon_2001.pdf">Jedi</a>”, this is the place to do it.</p><p>Today’s census data covers the following areas:</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/uk/blog/2012/dec/11/census-data-released-live-coverage">Continue reading...</a>CensusUK newsReligionMarriageLife and styleSocietyCivil partnershipsEconomicsBusinessEducationHealthTransportChristianityTue, 11 Dec 2012 09:06:00 GMThttp://www.theguardian.com/uk/blog/2012/dec/11/census-data-released-live-coveragePaul Owen and Simon Rogers2012-12-11T09:06:00ZHow many poor children go to faith schools?https://www.theguardian.com/news/datablog/2012/mar/05/faith-schools-admissions
Our analysis of Department for Education data shows the gap between religious schools and their local areas on a key accessibility indicator: numbers of free school meal pupils. See what it says<br />• <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/news/datablog/interactive/2012/mar/05/faith-schools-free-school-meals">Interactive guide to this data</a><br />• <a href="#data">Get the data</a><p>How much do faith schools reflect their local communities? Are they becoming middle class islands in poorer areas? <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/andrewbrown/2012/feb/24/faith-schools-darwinian-modern-education">Andrew Brown writes that</a>:</p><p>A faith character is often taken to be a signal of a good or successful school. Once that happens, the process will be self-sustaining in the Darwinian world of modern education, where schools must compete for success or die</p><p>• Some 73% of Catholic primaries and 72% of Catholic secondaries have a lower proportion of pupils eligible for free school meals than the average of all children schooled across its local authority<br>• The same is the case for Church of England primary and secondary schools. Some 74% of the Church's primaries and 65.5% of its secondaries have a smaller proportion of pupils eligible for free school meals than is average for the local authority<br>• In contrast, half – 51% – of non-religious primaries and 45% of non-religious secondaries have a lower proportion of pupils eligible for free school meals than is representative for their local authority</p><p>• 76% of Catholic primaries and 65% of Catholic secondaries have a smaller proportion of pupils eligible for free school meals than is representative of their postcode<br>• This is the case for 63.5% of Church of England primaries and 40% of Church of England secondaries<br>• Non-religious primaries and secondaries are far more likely to mirror the proportion of poor pupils in their postcode – just 47% of non-faith primaries and 29% of non-faith secondaries take a smaller proportion of free school meals than is representative for their postcode</p><p>•&nbsp;72.4% of VA schools have less than the local authority figure for free school meals, compared to 42.9% of community schools<br>• The gap is bigger at a very local level: 61.1% of VA schools have less than the postcode figure for free school meals, compared to 26.9% of community schools</p><p>• Income Support<br>• income-based Jobseeker's Allowance<br>• income-related Employment and Support Allowance<br>• support under Part VI of the Immigration and Asylum Act 1999<br>• the Guarantee element of State Pension Credit<br>• Child Tax Credit, provided they are not entitled to Working Tax Credit and have an annual income (as assessed by HM Revenue &amp; Customs) that does not exceed £16,190<br>• Working Tax Credit 'run-on' - the payment someone may receive for a further four weeks after they stop qualifying for Working Tax Credit</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/news/datablog/2012/mar/05/faith-schools-admissions">Continue reading...</a>ReligionChristianityIslamCatholicismSchoolsSchool admissionsFaith schoolsEducationPrimary schoolsSecondary schoolsMon, 05 Mar 2012 12:31:00 GMThttp://www.theguardian.com/news/datablog/2012/mar/05/faith-schools-admissionsPhotograph: GuardianFree school meals and faith schools. Click image for graphicPhotograph: GuardianFree school meals and faith schools. Click image for graphicSimon Rogers2012-03-05T12:31:00Z